Bae Bien-u

Bae Bien-u (born May 22, 1950) is a South Korean photographer. He is a professor in Seoul Institute of the Arts.[1]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Bae.
Bae Bien-u
Born (1950-05-22) May 22, 1950
Yeosu, Jeollanam-do
NationalitySouth Korean
Alma materHongik University
OccupationPhotographer
EmployerSeoul National University
Korean name
Hangul
배병우
Hanja
裵炳雨
Revised RomanizationBae Byeong-u
McCune–ReischauerPae Pyŏng'u

Early life and career

Bae was born in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do in 1950, and graduated from Hongik University's College of Arts in 1974 and the graduate school of the same university in 1976.

Renowned as a professional photographer with themes especially concentrated on pine trees, he has become a representative photographer with the reputation of capturing the characteristic sentiments of Korea including the pine trees, oceans and mountains with his camera rather than a brush.[2]

He became better-known outside of South Korea after selling one of his pine tree photographs to English singer Elton John in 2005.[3] Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak later gave a collection of Bae's pine tree photographs to U.S. president Barack Obama during a summit held in Washington.[4]

He served as professor of the Department of Photography at Seoul Institute of the Arts.[5]

Selected solo exhibitions

Some of his solo exhibitions are listed below:

  • 2008: Sacred Wood, BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels[6]
  • 2009: Sacred Wood, Aando Fine Art, Berlin[7]
  • 2009: Sacred Wood, Galerie zur Stockeregg, Zurich[8]
  • 2009: Soul Garden, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea - Deoksugung, Seoul[9]
  • 2011: ConvexConcave, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerpen[10]
  • 2012: Windscape, Aando Fine Art, Berlin[11]
  • 2012: Windscape, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich[12]
  • 2014: Counterbalance, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp[13]
  • 2015: Dans un forêt l’autre, Château de Chambord, Domain national de Chambord[14]
  • 2016: Bae Bien-U -分合 Part:Meet, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong[15]
  • 2016: Bae Bien-U - L'Esprit du Lieu, Musée de la Mer, Cannes[16]

Collections of photographs
  • To live in a thickly forested mountain (청산에 살어리랏다), 2005, ISBN 9788930101769
  • Changdeokgung (창덕궁), 2009, ISBN 9788992074353
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References
  1. 네이버 인물검색<배병우> Naver people <Bae Bien-U>
  2. 흑백 사진에 담긴 자연…배병우 개인전 ‘WINDSCAPE’《SBS뉴스》2013년10월11일. Nature contained in black & white photograph, Personal exhibition by Bae Bien-U, ‘WINDSCAPE’ 《SBS News》
  3. 사진작가 배병우, “자연스러운 소나무 곡선이 한국의 美” 《매일경제》2011-10-02. Photographic Artist Bae Bien-U, “The natural curvatures of the pine tree illustrating the aesthetics of Korea”
  4. 소나무 작가 배병우, 다음 사진은 '남해안' Pine tree professional photographer, Bae Bien-U. The next photograph is the 'Southern Coast of Korea'
  5. 4개국서 동시 사진전 여는 배병우 사진작가 《서울신문》27면 2012-06-21. Professional photographer Bae Bien-U, holding simultaneous photographic exhibitions in 4 different countries 《Seoul Shinmun》
  6. http://www.bozar.be/fr/activities/2292-bae-bien-u-sacred-wood
  7. http://www.aandofineart.com/past.php?l=de&id=2
  8. ArtSlant
  9. http://www.mmca.go.kr/eng/exhibitions/exhibitionsDetail.do?menuId=1030000000&exhId=201012280000024
  10. http://www.axel-vervoordt.com/en/gallery/exhibitions/bae-bien-u-convexconcave
  11. http://www.aandofineart.com/db_news/BBU_Windscape_Pressetext_dt_pr_de_54.pdf
  12. https://christopheguye.com/exhibitions/windscape/introduction
  13. http://www.axel-vervoordt.com/en/gallery/news/opening-bae-bien-u--counterbalance-at-axel-vervoordt-galle
  14. https://artsdelacoree.hypotheses.org/2129
  15. http://www.axel-vervoordt.com/en/gallery/exhibitions/bae-bien-u-%E5%88%86%E5%90%88-part-meet
  16. http://www.officiel-galeries-musees.com/musee-de-la-mer-1/article/bae-bien-u-l-esprit-du-lieu
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